MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sakhadev mean?
Sakhadev uses sakh or sakha, friend, with dev, deity. The Gurmukhi form supports the friendship element, giving the name the sense of a divine companion.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Gurmukhi
ਸਖਦੇਵ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
सखदेव
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sakhadev in Indian usage
5,986 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (97.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 151 records (2.5%).
- Recorded as male: 5,835 records (97.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 364 |
| 1950s | 807 |
| 1960s | 1,369 |
| 1970s | 1,657 |
| 1980s | 1,313 |
| 1990s | 371 |
| Other decades | 105 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Punjab | 5,280 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 542 |
| Other states | 164 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001